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Blind Men Critiquing Beauty

Artist Tomioka Tessai (Japanese, 1837 - 1924)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 9 × 11 9/16 inches (22.86 × 29.37 cm)
Mount: 54 × 16 inches (137.16 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of I. Groupp and Julieann White Groupp
Object number73-48/2
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